Between relationalization and categorization:Entrepreneurial practice and social network reconstruction of returning peasant worker in Wuling Mountainous Area of western Hubei
Based on the fieldwork of rural areas in Wuling mountainous area of western Hubei,this paper finds that the social network of acquaintances is mainly maintained by traditional Confucian ethics,showing a relational social network state,but the lagging production mode and narrow living space limit the expansion of rural social network.With the rapid increase of urban-rural population migration,especially after a large number of peasant workers move to cities and return to their hometown,the original relatively single reconstruction method tends to be diversified,and presents the juxtaposition of multiple social networks such as relationalization and categorization.The juxtaposition of multiple social networks is not only the embodiment of urban-rural mobility,but also the result of the integration of rurality and urbanity into daily life practice by different groups of people based on their survival choices.Its formation has important implications for re-understanding the relationship between the state,society and individuals,as well as further understanding the differential pattern and public-private boundaries in the process of China's social transformation.